OnLive

Hmm. Has anyone seen a public release date?

Need to know when to sell my PC :P
I really hope this works. It'd be cool. They said the fees would be on par with XBL.
I can't imagine having highest quality games for less than $5 a month but I love the thought.


Theyre claiming theyve been developing it for 7 years. Hopefully that wasnt a waste of 7 years ha.
 
epidemik said:
Hmm. Has anyone seen a public release date?

Need to know when to sell my PC :P
I really hope this works. It'd be cool. They said the fees would be on par with XBL.
I can't imagine having highest quality games for less than $5 a month but I love the thought.


Theyre claiming theyve been developing it for 7 years. Hopefully that wasnt a waste of 7 years ha.
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It seems that it runs via a protocol from their servers to your screen via the plug in described in the videos. This seems cool and all, but what if your broadband isn't fast enough? And since it gets rid of a GPU, for lack of better terms, what if there is lag from their servers to your screen?

I guess 7 years in development would solve those problems, or at least address them. But it seems a little off seeing as it does run over the internet.
 
JTM said:
It seems that it runs via a protocol from their servers to your screen via the plug in described in the videos. This seems cool and all, but what if your broadband isn't fast enough? And since it gets rid of a GPU, for lack of better terms, what if there is lag from their servers to your screen?

I guess 7 years in development would solve those problems, or at least address them. But it seems a little off seeing as it does run over the internet.
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...at least the internet in its current state. I, too, wonder about control lag. Anything over 100ms is quite noticeable.
 
JTM said:
It seems that it runs via a protocol from their servers to your screen via the plug in described in the videos. This seems cool and all, but what if your broadband isn't fast enough? And since it gets rid of a GPU, for lack of better terms, what if there is lag from their servers to your screen?

I guess 7 years in development would solve those problems, or at least address them. But it seems a little off seeing as it does run over the internet.
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Well in the interviews they stated that youd need 5Mbps (or whatever, i get Mb and MB mixed up) for full 1080p and 1.5 for 720p.

Zatharus said:
...at least the internet in its current state. I, too, wonder about control lag. Anything over 100ms is quite noticeable.
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100ms is noticeable when playing with other people online. Even a lot less would be noticeable as far as button input goes.
(EDIT: that doesnt really make sense after rereading lol. Im saying yeah I agree and I think even 50ms lag would be extremely noticeable)


Im still wondering why the buttons showed in the screenshots have B (like an xbox 360 controller) when the buttons on the onlive controllers are l i v and e...?
 
JTM said:
It seems that it runs via a protocol from their servers to your screen via the plug in described in the videos. This seems cool and all, but what if your broadband isn't fast enough? And since it gets rid of a GPU, for lack of better terms, what if there is lag from their servers to your screen?

I guess 7 years in development would solve those problems, or at least address them. But it seems a little off seeing as it does run over the internet.
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Did you watch the video I posted in response to the internet question?
 
Considering the amount of bandwidth I'd imagine this takes combined with the requirement of a perfectly stable connection with almost no lag, it seems like it would hose your connection so that doing other things on the internet would become sluggish. It is an interesting concept and even if it is the cheapest system, the limits it places will restrict the market. Also, with Cable and DSL companies putting monthly limits on bandwidth, a system like this could eat up that limit pretty damn quickly. I think it is an interesting concept but unless the games they put on it are cheaper than a hard copy, I don't see it going far.
Games should be cheaper through their service
or it can go by a monthly payment and you can play any game
or when you buy a game on it, you get a hard copy mailed to you (i doubt this one would happen)

Now the nice thing would be that since multiplayer would be essentially over LAN type speeds, they only lag would be from your own connection and if someone lags, it wouldn't be detrimental to the entire group.
 
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g4m3rof1337 said:
Did you watch the video I posted in response to the internet question?
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Ah, I didn't see that video! I don't know, I feel that if it was a solution to gaming in general that someone else would have been first before this "OnLive". And I mean the "new technology" they speak of would have to be amazing for it to work. I think it's something that won't take off, conceptually neat but not practical even with high speed internet. We will see I guess.
 
dubesinhower said:
im just saying that this seems to be a similar service as that sega tv, minus the sega saturn lol. i have a feeling not many people will take advantage to this kind of service. seems kind of iffy.
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OK, if it was iffy, it wouldn't be getting this much attention.

And you keep referencing something that was pitched back in 2000, but technology hasn't changed since then..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegaNet

JTM said:
Ah, I didn't see that video! I don't know, I feel that if it was a solution to gaming in general that someone else would have been first before this "OnLive". And I mean the "new technology" they speak of would have to be amazing for it to work. I think it's something that won't take off, conceptually neat but not practical even with high speed internet. We will see I guess.
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Whether this passes or fails, they still came this far and is making this much noise. So either they'll iron out all the kinks, or someone else will pick the concept up and out do it.
 
g4m3rof1337 said:
OK, if it was iffy, it wouldn't be getting this much attention.

And you keep referencing something that was pitched back in 2000, but technology hasn't changed since then..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegaNet



Whether this passes or fails, they still came this far and is making this much noise. So either they'll iron out all the kinks, or someone else will pick the concept up and out do it.
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Yeah, I am a fan of the whole cloud computing idea. I believe that cloud computing is something that will heavily be used in the future. I mean just imagine a company having super computers that can run the program they are selling. This would allow users to install the software on an old computer and run it flawlessly. In my opinion that is more stable than doing gaming on demand. It will be nice once we catch up with Japan on our internet speed (don't they have the fastest) then maybe we can enjoy all this!

None the less, thanks for clarifying this matter for me!
 
JTM said:
Yeah, I am a fan of the whole cloud computing idea. I believe that cloud computing is something that will heavily be used in the future. I mean just imagine a company having super computers that can run the program they are selling. This would allow users to install the software on an old computer and run it flawlessly. In my opinion that is more stable than doing gaming on demand. It will be nice once we catch up with Japan on our internet speed (don't they have the fastest) then maybe we can enjoy all this!

None the less, thanks for clarifying this matter for me!
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No problem, we'll have to see where this goes.
 
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